Training in Medical Imaging

描述（由申请人提供）：医学成像的博士前培训是杜克大学的一项巨大而有力的工作，主要利用生物医学工程、放射学、电气和计算机工程以及化学系的资源。该计划目前有49名学生，在过去的35年中，该领域已授予120多个博士学位。这些部门准备在未来5年内在医学成像领域实现显著增长。我们建议在拟议的资助期间继续强调分子成像，这是基于该领域的几名新教师以及我们与杜克大学分子和生物分子成像中心和体内显微镜中心的持续联盟。我们建议创建一个新的年度翻译，创业和行业关系（TEIR）成像研讨会，基于我们的学员对这些主题的浓厚兴趣及其与医学成像研究未来学术和行业职业的相关性。我们建议将这些新的教育和研究工作纳入医学影像培训计划（MITP）。目前的29名培训教师提供了广泛的研究机会，研究兴趣包括计算机辅助诊断，X射线，CT，MRI，超声，核医学，光学成像方法，小动物成像，分子成像和医学物理。通过MITP，我们在过去五年中每年支持六名学员。在同一时期，我们成功地招募了两名少数民族学生作为受训人员。学员在研究生学习的前2年获得资助，并进行全面的课程，最初提供广泛的医学物理和仪器培训，然后在学生的专业领域越来越集中的课程。所有学员的发展，作为独立和成功的研究人员是有力的证明，他们的出版记录和他们的竞争性教育资助奖的接收。该培训计划资助：1）开发和持续提供放射学实践课程，将学生与各种专业的一系列执业放射科医生配对; 2）广泛，持续接触与负责任的研究行为相关的问题，包括两个专门与生物医学工程相关的伦理研讨会; 3）为期一年的持续有远见的演讲者系列，采取所有学员，使学生接触到广泛的医学成像研究活动在杜克和其他机构; 4）赞助学生旅行到医学成像科学会议;和5）一年两次的学生午餐。培训方案还促进了行业实习方案的制定。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Predoctoral training in medical imaging is a large and vigorous effort at Duke University, drawing chiefly on the resources of the Departments of Biomedical Engineering, Radiology, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Chemistry. The program has 49 current students and it has granted over 120 PhD's in the field over the past 35 years. These departments are poised for significant growth in medical imaging in the next 5 years. We propose a continued emphasis on molecular imaging during the proposed funding period, based on several new faculty hires in this area and our ongoing alliances with the Center for Molecular and Biomolecular Imaging and the Center for In Vivo Microscopy at Duke University. We propose the creation of a new annual Translation, Entrepreneurship, and Industry Relations (TEIR) Imaging Workshop based on our trainees strong interest in these topics and their relevance for future academic and industry careers in medical imaging research. We propose to integrate these new educational and research efforts into the Medical Imaging Training Program (MITP). The 29 current training faculty provide broad research opportunities with research interests in computer-aided diagnosis, x-ray, CT, MRI, ultrasound, nuclear medicine, optical imaging methods, small animal imaging, molecular imaging, and medical physics. Through the MITP, we supported six trainees each year for the past five years. In the same period, we have successfully recruited two minority students as trainees. Trainees are funded in the first 2 years of graduate study and undertake a comprehensive curriculum providing initially broad training in medical physics and instrumentation followed by increasingly focused coursework in the student's area of specialization. The development of all of the trainees as independent and successful researchers is strongly evidenced by their publication records and their receipt of competitive education funding awards. The training program has funded: 1) the development and continued availability of a Radiology in Practice course which pairs students with a series of practicing radiologists in various specialties; 2) a broad, continuing exposure to issues related to Responsible Conduct in Research, including two workshops on ethics related specifically to Biomedical Engineering; 3) a year-long continuing Visionary Speaker Series, taken by all trainees, that exposes students to the wide medical imaging research activities at Duke and other institutions; 4) sponsored student travel to scientific meetings on medical imaging; and 5) a bi-annual student luncheon. The training program has also facilitated development of an Industry Internship Program.